Women's Basketball Powers Past The Jerezanas

MIAMI SHORES, Fla.—The Barry women’s basketball team opened their home schedule with a 76-42 win over Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras on Wednesday night.

The Bucs (3-0) scored 38 points in each half and never trailed in the game. After opening the game with an 11-0 run, Barry carried a 12-point lead into halftime. The Bucs slowly extended the lead in the second half. They pushed the lead to 21 on a jumper by Dominique Dixon at the 17:38 mark and hit 30 points on a free throw by Champ Horice at 3:17. Ella Ramonas’ layup on the fast break with 1:07 gave the Bucs their biggest lead at 74-40 and the teams swapped baskets for the final margin.

Colette Eule led the Bucs with 13 points, seven rebounds and seven assists. Jackie Perez also chipped in 13 points, while Amanda Frontino added 12 and Tyler Hardy had 10. Dixon narrowly missed a double-double with nine points and nine rebounds. Zahira Montes led the Jerezanas (0-4) with 10 points.

The Bucs play host to the Janes of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez on Friday at 3:00 pm. The game will be carried live on the Buccaneer broadcasting Network, powered by Stretch Internet.